and the rapture of solitude. Through April 20. (Artemis Greenberg Van Doren, 730 Fifth Ave., at 57th St. 445-0444.) DEVORAH SPERBER The show's title, "Bikinis, Bandanas, and a VW Bus," sounds like a bad network sitcom, and the sculptures, distorted representations of hippie ac- coutrements, are nearly as glib. In the main gallery a four-sided shower curtain is covered with sixty thousand colored stickers; the pattern transforms into a pixelated image of a psychedelic van when viewed in one of the convex mirrors installed around the room. In the adjacent space, by similar means, thousands of pushpins create representa- tions of Old Glory bikinis and red-and-blue ban- dannas. Sperber's craftsmanship has an undeni- able gee-whiz factor, but her intended critique of counterculture capitalism falls flat. Through April 6. (James Graham, 1014 Madison Ave., at 78th St. 535-5767.) Short List NANCY GRAVES Knoedler, 19 E. 70th St. 794-0550. Through April 27. DAVID HOCKNEY Richard Gray, 1018 Madison Ave., at 78th St. 472-8787. Through April 6. GALLERIES -CHELSEA OLIVER HERRING The German-born New Yorker presents "Little Dances of Misfortunes," a series of enchanting performance videos. To charming music, dancers whose bodies bear swaths of phosphorescent paint move and pose in attitudes that are part cartoon- ish, part sculptural. As lights go on and off, the work's formal aspect shifts between friezelike and -I.., .. .... ,,.. .' '- , .:"r;: .../; '. ..<.:.... .. 'é:' ..; abstract-painterly. Gravity takes a vacation. You may begin to believe that the dancers truly are just inches high and that they are governed by the physics of an alternate universe, boxed in the TV monitors, Herring, who is best known for glitzy, poignant sculpture in knitted Mylar strips, hits his stride as the Diaghilev of a thimble theatre. Through March 30. (Protetch, 511 W 22nd St. 633-6999.) T. J. WILCOX The artist abandons the poetry of his earlier film projections in favor of the slickness of dIgital video. Wilcox sacrifices mechanical magic-the sprockety sound, the flickering light-but the flamboyance of cinema is still at the heart of his work. The show's centerpiece is a surprisingly lacklustre paean to fandom and the yen for fame, a pastiche of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" zealots caught strutting in front of midnight screenings from Tacoma to Paris. Through April 13. (Metro Pictures, 519 \XZ 24th St. 206-7100.) Short List UGO RONDINONE Matthew Marks, 523 \XZ 24th St. 243-0200. Through April 20. GALLERIES-DOWNTOWN WIM DELVOYE Wim Delvoye's "Marble Floors" appear to be just that-large color photographs of inlaid baroque and [slamic stonework patterns, shot head on in crisp focus and concentrating on geometric deli- cacies and rosy hues. 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Like a schoolboy perfecting his cartooning, N ordström draws the same wispy tree, the same white apartment block, the same rodent-faced man or lady with her pants down over and over, until the motifs coalesce into a kind of folktale. Also on view are a series of works by Martin Kippenberger, casually virtuosic scribbles done on stationery from various interna- tional hotels. Through March 30. (Zwirner, 43 Greene St. 966-9074,) Short List VANESSA BEECROFT Deitch Projects, 18 Wooster St. 343-7300. Through April 27. NANCY BURSON Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Sq. E. 998-6780. Through April 20. ELLEN GALLAGHER Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St. 219-2166. Through April 18. PHOTOGRAPHY ALFRED EISENST AEDT Eisenstaedt, the photographer of the famous V-J Day kiss in times Square, shot for sixty years for Life magazine all over the world. This greatest-hits exhibit, with memorable images of the Kennedys, Marlene Dietrich, and Josephine Baker, is a bit of a guilty pleasure. His softie journalism leaves one feeling misty for bygone eras. Two images called "A Soldier's Farewell," offering a little-seen glimpse of the old Penn Station (along with the soldier and the gir] he's leaving behind), epitomize what Ei- senstaedt does best. Through April 6. (Leica, 670 Broadway. 777-3051.) RICHARD MISRACH The twenty-fourth installment of Misrach's "Des- ert Canto" series in nearly as many years is stun- ning. The current batch was taken in Nevada's Carson Sink, in an area that floods every decade or so, and its images of a watery desert landscape connect sky, sand, and water in a way that seems positively unearthly. In one sequence, the shifting light captured in print after print makes the same dune almost unrecognizable. Misrach's huge color prints create a majestic vision of a world acting strangely. Through April 2 7. (Mann, 210 Eleventh Ave., at 25th St. 989-7600.) LISETTE MODEL Model came to New York for a visit in the late thirties and stayed a lifetime. The city became her muse. Most of these photographs, taken in jazz clubs in the fifties, have never been shown to the public. And the exuberant images-of Ella Fitz- gerald or Louis Armstrong belting, of Willie (the Lion) Smith chomping a cigar at the piano, of a woman in an evening gown lost in thought next to Stan Getz-will appeal to both jazz and photog- raphy fans. Through April 27. (Gallery 292, 120 Wooster St. 431-0292.) KRAPPY KAMERA EXHIBITION Henri Cartier-Bresson once said, "It is by great economy of means that one arrives at simplicity of expression." No means are more economica] than the cameras used here: a Time-Life giveaway promo, a homemade pinhole camera, and a pink no-focus "Barbie-Cam." Getting back to the basics of light and shadow, these photographers prove how modestly wondrous photography can be. In particular, still-lifes by Cristina Ochagavia-featur- ing an unusual flower or a rakish shadow against a